Ali Yusuf Jaara

Ali Yusuf Jaara (1980-29 January 2004) was a Palestinian policeman and Hamas member who carried out a suicide bombing on the back of Egged Bus 19 on Gaza Street in Jerusalem, West Bank on 29 January 2004, killing 11 people and injuring over 50. Jaara, born in Bethlehem to a Muslim family, blew himself up not far from the prime ministerial residence, and both the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.